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PAGE FOUR v- r.j if' S.5- R»/ EDITORIAL If we took advantage of all the op portunities that are offered to us in the field of speculation, we would be a millionaire within a few weeks. This morning we received another alluring offer from a Moijtana oil company to contribute a little money in stock for which we were assured that in a very short time we would reap such results that we would be immensely rich in a short time. We ar® getting so many of these chances to win affluence that it is making our head swim, and in order to avoid making any mistake we are turning them all down. We have no very great desire to get rich so sud denly, believing in earning whatever money we can accuminulate through the legitimate chanels of business. We never took kindly to Speculation. The Courier-News this morning con tains a very seduclve cartoon' pictur ing a farmer at a typewriter suppos edly to be editing that paper and on top of that cartoon it says: "He on the job himself." Then underneath is a very fervent appeal to the farmers to send in their money to keep the sheet going. Very nice of the crowd they have milked the treasury dry to condescend to turn the paper over to the farmers to finance and liquidate many thousands of dollars of debt. The same thing exists in about all the league newspaper offices—they have been milked dry by a bunch of hangers on and now that the wave of social ism ,is receding upon the sands of re turning sanity they cry aloud to the farmers to take their junk piles and :ontinue on the job at their own ex pense. The sixty-seventh congress convened in Washington yesterday and for the first time in many years is overwhelm ingly republican in politics. A thous and bills were thrown into the legisla tive hopper yesterday and many more will doubtless follow. The congress now in session has before it some of the most important legislation in the country's history and the people will now watch with interest to see if the party pledges of last November will be carried out by the dominant party. One of the most important bills before congress is the one introduced by Con gressman George M. Young, of this district, known as the emergency tar iff bill, which is designed to help out the farmers of the northwest. This is the bill vetoed by Presiden Wilson. Mr. Young is confident that the tariff bill will be acted upon quickly and passed. President Harding appeared before a joint session of congress yesterday following the custom of his predeces sor, and read his message to congress. The document was in our judgment one that will appeal to the American people. His attitude on the German peace problem will meet with the ap proval of all, excepting those who nave leaned to the Wilson one man idea. He wants peace declared with Germany by congressional resolution at once. He has scrapped the league of nations but says this country does not in any way relieve Germany from paying in full its obligations. He favors an association of nations in preference to £he present undesirable covenant and which the people turned down so emphatically last November. His stand on this question is in line with the people of the United States. He wants readjustment of internal taxes and revision or repeal 9f "these taxes which have become unproduc tive and are so artificial and burden some as to defeat their own purpose. Instant tariff enactment, "emergency in character and understood by our people that it is for the emergency only," says Harding. Speaking of the railroad question Mr. Harding says lie wants efficient operation at a cost within that which the traffic can bear and railway rates and cost of opera tion must be reduced." the president says. This will meet the hearty ap proval of the people who are being gouged everv day by excessive pas senger and freight rates. Mr. Hard ing's first message to congress is one that taking it all around is very satis factory indeed and shows that the ex- Sis wfllT'S dSl Minneapolis Journal. March take on a new lease of life to the ben efifc of all the people. KEGISTERING NO SURPRISE A friend tried to surprise us the other day by quoting Bvadstreet's fig ures that 84 per cent, of the firms that failed in 1920 were non-advertisers. for tourists in Valley City the coming summer, this city should prove one of the really pleasant 'Spots in the state for tourists to make their head quarters at and spend a few days in and about the city, yisitinar the many nlaces of natural) beauty that abound here. Valley City 4? known the state oyer for being one of the most beau tiful cities as regards natural scenery and it was well named when some one called it "The City Beautiful." The civic bodies of Valley City are co operating to hane the latch string out to all outsiders this summer, and you can be assured of a royal welcome in Valley City at any time. .The Com mercial Club is looking after the farm ers of Barnes county arid for their week-end entertainment have provided Saturday afternoon matinees. Similar entertainments in previous years have proved big successes and proved an excellent source of enjoyment for the country folks. These matinees will be free to country folk only. Other en tertainments which the city will enjoy this summer are the annual fair, the Chautauqua, offering one of the best 5• programs obtainable, Which will brin? some of the big men of the nation here, and als« a big Fourth of Julv w- V* *4T$ We're only sorry that the other vorce from Anna E. Lane, wealthy 16 per cent, weren't better advertisers, resident of Valley City, N. D., and «, Long Beach. Mrs. Lane was said to ^celebration. Other n^inor events will under advisement for several days 'Si&F be held throughout the summer, but these are the most important and goes to show that Valley City will be a place of enjoyment as. well as business the coming summer. One's environ ments naturally has a lot to do with his business dealings, and hence noth ing but pleasure will no doubt radi ate from the faces of the farmers and business men of Barnes county. Tourists will* find the city an ideal place for a week's stop. Plenty of amusement. Plenty of everything. Welcome to Valley City this sum mer. The latch string hangs out. NO BARE FEET FOR WILLIAM Mr. William Lemke proposes to keep his job and his $20,00Lhouse if it takes the shoes and stocking off the feet of North Dakota farm children. His newspaper yesterday morning contained a letter from a North Dako ta! farmer's wife., stating that she pro posed to let her children go bare foot this summer, if necessary, to send money for the recall campaign fund But Mr. Lemke isn't going bare foot for "the cause." Such sacrifice is left for the privates in the ranks. Mr. Lemke will reside in his $20,000 state-built house. It isn't included among the "sucked oranges" which have been "turned over to the farm ers." "Summer fallow and fight" isn't in tended as the motto. It appears to be: "Get out from under." But each one of these letters from farmers and farmers' wives pleading cream checks and egg money and care fully hoarded savings, is a little trag edy in itself. Never did political lead ers have more devoted followers than these nonpartisan league gangsters an^l never was this devotion and conr fidence more basely betrayed. While the leaders live in $20,000 state-built houses, the members can't get hail warrants cashed even though taxes have been levied and collected for the purpose. And, by the way, has anybody ever heard of any nonpartisan league lead ers buying any state bonds? They have planned a series of meetings in various cities to sell the bonds to the labor men and others who might be interested, but they haven't bought and themselves.—Forum. SOUND RECOVERY IN LANDS FORCAST Unwillingness of Capital to Enter North Dakota Called Specula tion Preventive The unwillingness of capital to^ en ter North Dakota under a socialistic form of government has reacted to the benefit of that state in at least one respect, in that funds were not avail able for such land speculation as was carried on in Iowa, Nebraska and parts of South Dakota, with the result that North Dakota farm lands today are on a reasonable and stable basis. This was the statement in Minneapolis to day of E. F. Fader, supervisor of the new labor survey of the United States department of labor. Mr. Fader reach ed Minneapolis today following a sur vey of labor conditions in, seven northwestern states. "While the temporary speculative values of farm lands in some parts of the west have been tumbling rapid ly in the last nine months, there has been no such deflation in North Dako ta," he said, "because no one would risk funds there at the time when in flation might have resulted. North Dakota lands are down to bed rock to day, and they form the basis of a sound recovery when other conditions in the state make forward steps pos sible. "One other benefit has come to North Dakota from its recent expei' ience," Mr. Fader said. "The people of that.state have learned such a les son that for the next 10 dr 15 years at least there will be little jumbled think ing- by its citizens. I believe the state is in for a period of conservatism in both politics and business." Mr. Fader said that in parts of Iowa, banks hold loans against farm lands that amount to appreciably more than the present selling price They were made, he said, when land nr jces were a A. the peak just before .... il. a won l« eoutive has a full and keen ms gp^ujative fever wore itself out.— The Newly I 1921. D.LANE IS GRANTED DIVORCE On the front page of the Los Ange les, California, Evening Herald, ap- But we didn't astonish worth a ceYit. What's surprising about the fact pears the following interesting news that firms that took no pains to let the 1 story: public know how they could serve it By a decision of Judge Walton J. shouldn't have much of a public to Wood today, Archie D. Lane, hotel serve? man of this city, was awarded a di- WELCOME TO VALLEY CITY be worth more than $100,000 in her With the promise of a summer camp own name. The testimony Was featured by a statement from the witness stand by Mrs. Lane that her husband had con fessed to her in the presence of her sister that he had been indiscreet with another woman. The sister was in court and was called to the witness stand by At torney Leland J. Allen, representing the husband, and denied she ever heard such a conversation. Lane filed the suit, charging deser tion, and Mrs. Lane came froip her home in the East and stayed at Long Beach while the action was pending She filed a cross-complaint and at tempted to show that her husband was guilty of desertion and that the decree should he awarded to her. Lane alleged, the desertion occurred in North'Dakota and he produced a letter he said was written by his wife after he came to California, one passage in which read as follows: "Your letter at hand, and in reply would say I do not want to know ybur address." She asked for a decree, an allow ance of $500 a month and attorney's fees, but her plea was denied and the decree awarded to the husband after the testimony had been taken rv $ 5 yA it1 V- Irtfc WEEKLY TWE5-RECORD. VALLEY CITY* NORTH DAKOlA CLUB DISCUSSES JUVENILE PROBLEM fig "Social Service" held a most interest ing meeting at the City Hall Monday. April 11th. Upon this afternoon Miss Topping addressed a large group of women on recent legislation per taining to the morale of the state. She has worked .unceasingly for a "Juvenile Commission," which will .be composed of representatives of var ious womens' organizations through out the state. This commission will make a careful survey of conditions of women and children and will be in valuable to the state and not only every worker for reform, but to those os in he Another step in advance has been the creating of juvenile officers in each district which may be women or men When it realized that seven other countries take better care of the ba bies than the United States, and thir teen others better care of mothers and that three-fourths of the children in the United States have physical de fects which can be remedied, surely strict legislation is needed in every state and as strict enforcement. FAIR CATALOGS TO The committees on livestock and agricultural products are as follows C-attle—S. Fletcher, Valley City superintendent. Gust Adams, Valley City, assist ant superintendent. Horses—W. S. Emery, Valley City superintendent. Agricultural Products—E. Wicks superintendent. Hogs—R. A. Jongewaard, Litch ville, superintendent. Sheep—E. E. Lundy, Leal, superin tendent. Poultry—Mrs. Jas. Thoreson, Fin gal, superintendent. Home Department— Mrs. Vernon Gale, Valley City, superintendent. Mrs. Roy Kernkamp, Valley City* assistant superintendent. Dairy Products—Hilda Lee, Fingal superintendent. Club Work—Clara L. Larson, Val ley City, superintendent. The superintendents of the various departments, especially the horse cattle and hogs departments, .are anx ious that the farmers notify them as soon as possible as to the number of cattle, horses or hogs that are to be entered. Indications at the present time are that it will be necessary to construct an additional cattle barn to take care of the entries. If you will send in your entries early the directors of the Fair Association would be able to determine whether or not the building fa new barn will be necessary. HOME SWEET HOME IN CITY DUMP With dead cats and live rats for companionship, refuse eatables from the finest, tables in the city for. food and piles of rag§, sacks and paper places over the grates in the inciner ator at the city dump, as a sleeping place, Mike Kreshore violently pro tested against being removed from hfs private abode to the city jail at Fargo, when he was arrested Mon day night on complaint of the city board of health. Kreshore gave his age as 29 years and declared he liked the board and room fine where he was staying, even though it wasn't as high class as some people called for. The man had been living in the in cinerator since last fall. He refused the invitations of people living near the city dump grounds to come in for his meals and lived in solitary state with his rodent companions. The rdts did chase him out from his first sleep ing place., he admitted, but he fixed his bed over the grates which were formerly the fireplace and got along nicely. From pilgrimages over the dump grounds he had collected a large as sortment of refuse. When officers discovered him he had supplies for his breakfast on hand. Officers were unable to give names to the variety of foods which he had on hand and none cared to taste the fare but it is quite probably that they were not noisonous as the man is entirely healthy. Among the 'fchiners collected by the man were bundles of cancelled clocks, articles of wearing apparel niles of rags and gunny-sacks. He had no money1 and outside of two jack-knives and a box of tacks had no personal belongings. Had he not been of a auarrelsome disposition and over-willing to get into argu- 1 ments with drivers of the garbage wagons and others who disturbed the peace of his "paradise" Kreshore might still be sleeping there. When police questioned him yes terday, offering to let him go if he organized department of I would promise to stay away from the dump, he replied that he would not stay- away. He had lived in dumps before, the novel hermit de clared, and found this as comfortable as any. Kreshore is a native of Austria and has been in this country for, several years. GETCHELL PRAIRIE Mrs. Nettie Skidmore returned Sun day from Willmer, Minn., after a week's visit with her mother and sister. Mr. .and Mrs. E. J. Holcomb were called to Seattle, Wash., because of the serious illness of Mr. Holcomb's mother. .Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harper at dinner Sunday. Miss Martha Deskins left Friday 1 to and women. In other words there will mji'rs be a woman officer to look after the girls, and a man taking care of the boy's problems. BE READY SOON Th« catr.logs for the Barnes County Fair Association, ajre beinj rapidly, pushed toward completion by the Times Record job depaitment, and it is expected that they will be delivered in a few days. Many changes have been made in the premium lists and a number of new features added. In an attempt to mala the fair the biggest ever put across in Barnes county, Dave Ritchie, president, has attempted to get superintendents of various departments who are vitally interested in their work and who do their best to secure exhibits of the best kind and look after the detail work in connection with the superin tending of the various departments. helP Mrs- J,an*es North Dakota will no doubt forge ... right ahead on better enforcement of in paving roads on the National Parks all moral laws and the women are go-1 Highway (Red Trail) during the com ing to acquaint themselves more arid! ing year, according to G.. N. Kems more with conditions and work for ton, of Bismarck, who recently return the best possible legislation to relieve ed from Spokane, Wash., where he at the oppressed, and then "vote as they! tended a meeting of the officers and pray." directors of the National Parks High way association. Burchill this sum- Will Harper returned from St. Paul Friday. The Roger family called at the Er vin Bergan home on Sunday. Our Saviors Aid meets Thursday. April 14. All welcome. Circle No. 1 entertains. Choir at 7:30. RED TRAIL TO BE IMPROVED More than $4,000,000 will be spent Most of the paving will be done in Washington and Idaho, where big Wool Plaids 7 pieces in differ- £3 CA ent colors, yd. Crepe de Chines Light and dark £A shades, yd. A. B. C. Silk 12 pieces, plain, fig ured or striped, yd. Wool Batiste 8 pieces, assorted CQ*» colors, yd. Tissue Ginghams Cotton In flesh and white, ifrfMAwj: *4* v*FL IS pieces, a real OQv bargain, yd. '3m bond issues have been voted and some in Montana, and in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The trail is one of the most popular trans-continental trails, according to reports made at the meeting. The best available records indicated 6,000 automobiles made the trip between the Twin Cities and the Pacific coast last year. Twenty-eight thousanjl cars enteder Yellowstone Park over the Red Trail, about 60 per cent of which came from the east and 40 per cent from the western coast. The route of the Red Trail will not* be changed. There will be an addi tion, however, in Idaho, to make three routes in crossing the Cascades. Mr. Keniston said the trail is now open to the coast, but the roads were muddy between Livingston and Mis soula. Crop conditions appear good in Montana, as there was a great deal of snow in the mountains. Mr. Keniston was re-elected vice president of the National Parks High way association* The directors voted to increase the budget 50 per cent to provide funds for more extensive ad vertising. HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE BIG CARNIVAL short time ago. If this carnival is a success, it may also benefit the An nual Fund, which, by the w*iy, is an nother good thing not only for the school but for the city as well. This is going to be a grand and glorious outburst of fun for every body. It will be a Carnival in every sense of the word with nothing miss ing. There will be a wild man from Everything in Staple and Fancy Ginghams, Suitings, Organdies and Swisses. At Reasonable THURSDAY, APRIL 14, W21. On Friday night of this week the High School is going to put on a big Carnival to enable the music con testants to go to Grand Forks and take part' in the state music contest. It will be remembered that local mu sicians carried off most of the honors for yourself. And to bring it to a in the district contest held here a dazzling climax the management has Borneo, and a strong man, Hercules.. I and glorious feeling!" for Saturday and Monday HON. R. A. NESTOS The above is a picture of ttfe gen tleman whom the independents •nomi nated at Devils Lake to run against. Lynn J. Frazier in the recall election. As we have before stated. Mr. Nes tos is a clean-cut, progressive citizen, has already stood for progressive poli tics and we believe if elected, and his chances are very good indeed, he will make the state a good governor. the second. And the ballet dancers. Oh Boy! And of course there'll be a lot of candy, popcorn, lemonade and ice cream and those nice juicy ham burgers. But that isn't half of it you'll have to come and find that oufc enlisted the aid of a troupe of min strels, every one a charter member of the Laughmaker's League. If you want to thoroughly enjoy yourself and at the same time help along a good cause,% here is your chance. Take the whole .famil-y—ev erybody wants to get' in on it. And when you are in th emidst of Jt all youll say, "Oh Boy! Ain't it a grand Curtain Nets 5 pieces,, white and ecru, yd. Cretonnes 10 pieces, real values, yd. Ladies Nickers White and pink, ruffle knee good qualily tfl "7C sateen V. Buccilla Crochet Cotton Bail Batiste 7 pieces assorted shades, yd. Crash Toweling Unbleached Ol yd. 'M .i